Looking for your thoughts on what principals need to know about journalism
Posted by JBowenOct 21
Suppose you were in the position to help administrators better understand journalism, its roles, its value and importance. What would you want to have available in the way of materials and information in the following areas:
• Certification and adviser training
• Curriculum
• Professional standards
• “Responsible journalism”
• Legal and ethical issues
• Newspaper/print journalism
• Yearbook journalism
• Broadcast journalism
• Online journalism
• Other
Help us put together packets for a major project to do just that. What worked with your administrators? What do you wish you had available?
Leave your comments here or open a discussion. We are looking for many points of view.
The most important thing is to sit down with the principal and the editors and adviser and have a discussion. That worked for me after nine years of prior review, and students who weren’t responsible journalists. Balance, accuracy and facts make a story worth reading regardless of the topic.